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Kōrero: Ngā manu – birds

Tīwaiwaka (fantail)

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Ki ētahi, ki te kuhu he tīwaiwaka ki roto whare, he aituā kei te haere. I ngana a Māui ki te whakamate i a Hine-nui-te-pō. E ai ki tētahi kōrero, nā te tīwaiwaka ka oho ake a Hine-nui-te-pō, ka kūtia a Māui, mate rawa.

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Kelly Keane, Ngā manu – birds – Birds associated with death, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/12155/tiwaiwaka-fantail (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kelly Keane, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009, updated 17 February 2015.